Improved clotees-spbinkler



@auch tutrs gamut @fitter WILLIAM V. WILSON, OF PHILADELPEIIA,lPENNSYLVANIA.

Letters .Patent No. 76,8T0,a7atefl April 14, 1868.

IMPROVED CLOTHES-SPRINKLER.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY GONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM V. WILSON, of thecity of Philadelphia, inthe county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Sprinklers; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, ret'erence being had to the annexed drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a verticalsection.

Figure 2 is a horizontalsection on the line w a'.

Figure 3 is a vertical section of top-pieceor cover.

Figure 4, top view, showing perforations in cover.

Figure 5, vertical section, showing modification in top-piece or cover.

Figure 6, horizontal section on line z a: of same.

Figure 7, vertical section of tcp-piece orteover..

Figure 8, top view, showing perforations in the cover.

The present invention relates to a novel hand-device or implement to beused for sprinkling clothes, and it consists in arranging, in areservoir or vcssel,`having its upper end constructed in an oval form,and partially punched with small holes, of a perforated pipe' or tube,so arranged, in combination with an intermediate plate or disk, thatafter the .water has been supplied to the reservoir or vessel, it isimpossible for any portion ofthe same to reach the sprinkling-plateexceptthrough the perforated pipe or tube.

The great advantage of this pipe or tube is, that it regulates thesupply of water, and no matter how hastily the sprinkler may be turned,or how violent the shaking of the same may be, it is impossible for anundue pressure ofwater to be thrown at any one time'upon the perforatedplate or top.

Another important feature of my invention consists in the fact that Ionly -perforate a portionot` the top plate. The great advantage of thiswill readilysuggest itself to any one familiar with the use of sucharticles.

In all sprinklers now in use, and especially in all that class which areoperated in a horizontal position, the water will accumulate in an unduequantity on the lower side, or the side opposite tothe handle. Theresult is, the water will not sprinkle through the perforations in thelower portion of the plate, but will pour or ilow in a continuousstream, thus rendering it impossible to impart to the clothes to beironed, what is so desirable, a uniform degree cf moisture.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnow proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A is a water-tight reservoir or vessel, of cylindrical or of any otherconvenient form, and may be made of sheet tin, brass, or any othermetal. B is a small pipe, through which water can be conveyedV to thereservoir A, whenever occasion requires. The mouth of this pipe isclosed, when not in use, by means of a. plug, or stopper, b. In thevessel A, immediately above the opening a, to which the pipe B isconnected, I permanently solder a plate or disk, G. This platc'or disk Chas a centre opening, c. To the bottom, D, of the vessel A, I securelyattach a. perforated pipe orV tube, E, whiclrmay be made of metal,wood," or rubber. This pipe E passes through the opening, c, in theplate- 0. The arrangement of this plete C is such that it is impossiblefor the water to pass the same except through the opening, c, and as thepipe E exactly illsv this opening, there is no passage allowed for thewater except through its agency, the water being admitted thereto bymeans of its numerous pcrforations. The top of this pipe Eis not leftentirely open, but is closed by a plate of the same material of whichthe pipe is constructed, forming, as it were, a sieve for the water topass through, thus breaking the force of its'Y pressure as it isbeingconveyed to the top-plato. F is the top, which ts over4 thc vesselA, asshown in fig. I, or the sides of the vessel may be constructed withflanges, "in which iits a top-plate, F, as shown in fig. 5, the angesbeing turned down so as to permanently retain the same iuproperpositionThe top, F, is partially perforated, as shown at f, the other` portionbeing water-tight, as clearly shown in the drawing. Gr is a handle,attached to the vessel in any convenient manner.

The operation is as follows: The vessel A is filled to any desireddegree by means of the pipe B. The sprinkler is then taken by thehandle, G, and shaken. It will be observed that when the device is inuse, the water passes through the pipe E, and will consequently collectin quite a body between the plate C and the top F, but the lower portionof the. top, that is, when the vessel is in use, not being perforated,`the water will -not flow through in a stream, as would be the case werethe entire top perforated; but when the device is shaken, the water isproperly sprinkled by means of the opening, f.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Constructing a clothes-sprinkler with a perforated pipe, E,substantially asand for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the pipe E and plate C, when the same are arrangedsubstantially as described.

3. The combination of the pipe E and top-plate F, whenlthe latter is soconstructed that only a portion of the sameis perforated, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing'witnesses.

` w. v. WILSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN D. Broos, JOHN S. HOLLINGBHEAD.

